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Curatorial Seminar - Within the Public Realm

12 March 2013

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 2pmWithin the Public RealmPresented as part of Dublin’s twinning agreement with the City of Barcelona, Mariana Cánepa Luna and Max Andrews, Barcelona-based curatorial office Latitudes, will speak about their project entitled ‘Incidents of Travel’ (Casa del Lago, Mexico City, and Spring Workshop, Hong Kong) for which artists developed day-long city tours as a form of expanded studio visit. They will be joined by Sean Lynch, artist and Aisling Prior, independent curator and chaired by Amanda Ralph, Course Director, MAVIS at iadt. This talk is supported by The LAB Gallery, Dublin City Council Arts Office.

A public seminar exploring a range of strategies engaged in by artists and curators in order to activate and operate within public realm spaces. Mariana Cánepa Luna and Max Andrews, Barcelona-based curatorial office Latitudes, will speak about their project entitled 'Incidents of Travel' (Casa del Lago, Mexico City, and Spring Workshop, Hong Kong) for which artists developed day-long city tours as a form of expanded studio visit. Aisling Prior, independent curator, will speak about Breaking Ground, the Ballymun Regeneration Limited per cent for art commissions, reflecting on a range of issues including the media’s label of “Poverty Tourism” being attached to Seamus Nolan’s short stay “Hotel Ballymun” located in the top floor of Clarke Tower. Sean Lynch artist will present a collection of his research into how art objects and creative intentionality exist in the public realm: Minujin, Serra, Vermiculation, etc.,